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Across the vast savannas of Kenya's Mara Plain, the great annual migration unfolds each year, as it has since the dawn of civilization. Traversing the arid land, come millions of animals..on their long trek from Tanzania north to Kenya, traveling side by side, ... .crossing rivers and the African plains in their perennial, age-old quest for food and water. And close at their heels follow the predators, leopards, cheetahs and Lions
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La Bernache du Canada (Branta canadensis) est une espèce de grands oiseaux de la famille des anatidés. Elle est la plus grande des bernaches, ou oies noires. Au Canada, elle est couramment appelée outarde, terme réservé en Europe aux Otididae. (Wikipédia)
The Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) is a wild goose with a black head and neck, white patches on the face, and a brownish-gray body. Native to arctic and temperate regions of North America, it is occasionally found in northern Europe, and has been introduced to other temperate regions.
Migration stopover
Some of the thousand of gulls and migratory shorebirds including red knots, ruddy turnstones, dunlin and sanderlings along the Delaware Bay Beaches. They are waiting to take advantage of the feast of horseshoe crab eggs
Red Knot stopping Reed's Beach, NJ on Delaware Bay for a rest and feed on horseshoe crab eggs during their migration
The top of the comment box shows a Red Knot stopping Reed's Beach, NJ on Delaware Bay for a rest and feed on horseshoe crab eggs during their migration - a few horseshoe crabs can be seen at the edge of the water
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The spectacle and wonder of Spring shorebird migration on the Washington state coast. A mixed flock of Western sandpipers, Dunlin, Dowitcher.
Dunlin and Western Sandpiper counts were in the 1000's and there were are at least 200 dowitcher. Wonderful scene.
Shorebirds are facing extinction please support habitat protection as part of your charitable giving efforts in 2018. It would be a lamentable loss for our children and grandchildren to never have the opportunity to view the magnificent beauty of shorebirds at migration.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/27/opinion/shorebirds...
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[super sparrows] A handsome sparrow with a distinctive white throat. These can be abundant in migration. Magee.
The spring songbird migration is something that every birder/bird photographer worth a damn looks forward to...except me. I have had the worst time trying to get photos of these little balls of fire. They are either zipping around too quick for me to nail a shot or they are taunting me from 80 feet above my head. This year I plan to change my luck...and I started with this Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum).
Harford county, MD
A small buck in the Central Oregon High Desert. Deer in this part of the world migrate, sometimes very long distances, between high elevation summer range in mountain forests and low elevation winter range in the sagebrush. Migration often coincides with breeding cycles in November.
Pausing to refuel on its migration flight.
Lots of these guys have been nectaring on the Butterfly Bushes.
We are just starting to see the last of these little gems leave for their migration. It's still warm enough and the food is plentiful, but nature will eventually have it's way and we'll have to say "so long, until next time." Always makes me a bit sad, but makes me look forward to that day when I spot my first after a long winter.
This was taken at Cape Henlopen State Park on the coast of Delaware during that golden hour before sunset. The towers were build as a lookout towers during World War II. Now they are landmarks at the park .
Thank you les blume for the texture.
Least Sandpiper in migration - I have finally captured the leg shaking just before tucking it up into the shorebird body feathers as it gets ready to take a well deserved rest on a one leg. One thing I have researched years ago and found this interesting fact that a bird with its foot tucked up reduces by half the amount of heat lost through its unfeathered limbs.
I never would have though I would see swans from my backyard. The sturgeon river flooded the fields below me attracting a huge amount of waterfowl yesterday. Hundreds of white-fronted geese and tundra swans and of coarse lots of ducks. Backyard birding St.Albert Foreground swans are Trumpeter Swans.
A Glossy Ibis from the wetlands of Mangalajodi, Odisha. Here is a blog where I penned down the experience pankajsinghphotographie.com/birdwatching-at-mangalajodi/
Sunrise over the Mississippi River with thousands of Trumpeter Swans, Geese, and ducks preparing for another day of feasting, resting, and continuing their trek south for the winter. The sound of all these birds together was deafening. But at least I got to combine my two favorite types of photography in one shot.
Spring migration is happening and that means warblers. Warblers with attitude. Always startling to glance out the window and be met with this sight. Was not sure who it was until it turned around. So if you were ever wondering what a Nashville warbler's butt looked like....you're welcome.
Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
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Migration period now and this female Common Kingfisher was perched at its favorite perch from where it would dive for fishes. Taken at the Chinese Gardens.
Part of a bevy of swans. I think that they were spooked by a couple of bald eagles that were hanging out nearby.
Another season turns. The Gray Whale heads south from feeding grounds of the far north to the bath-warm waters off Baja California, swimming steadily, dozens of miles a day. Come Spring, back north again, as they have for time out of mind. The circle abides.
Fall migration
The Canada Geese at Andrew Haydon Park were very active this weekend. Large groups were continuously flying in and out of the park’s ponds and once there, gathering on large flocks whereupon lots of seated wing flapping and noise making occurred. There was a restlessness in their behaviour, and to even the most casual observer, it was clear that something had energized the group.
For Canada Geese, “peak fall migration occurs in September and October. During this period, Canada Geese relocate to a broad range of habitats from low Arctic tundra to prairies, lakes, meadows, golf courses and city parks. If open water and food are available, many geese will remain over winter on northern territories. Some populations that do migrate are not going as far south in the winter as they used to. This northward range shift has been attributed to changes in farm practices that make waste grain more available in fall and winter, as well as changes in hunting pressure and changes in weather.”
Source: Canada Goose, Migration. available at: seagrant.wisc.edu/birds/Canada_Goose_migration2.html